Loading device.



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LOADING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED 001215, 1908.

Patented June 29, 1909.

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LOADING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED OOT. 16, 1908.

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TAYLOR FRED SUMMERS, or TYLER, TEXAS.

LOADING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1909.

Application filed. October 15, 1908. Serial No. 457,906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TAYLOR Fnnn SUM- MERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tyler, in the county of Smith and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Loading Devices, of which the following is a specification.

' the shaft and retainers for ho of the coal car in closed position.

This invention relates to loading devices and more particularly to devices for loading the tenders of steam engines, and has for an object to provide means which may be constructed over a railroad track at certain intervals along the road and to construct the .said device so that it may be automatically operated to load the tenders while trains are in motion.

A further object of this invention is to provide a device of this character with novel and effective means for preventing the discharge of coal into the tender should the engineer find the tender to be sufliciently full.

A further object of this invention is to provide a structure constructed over a railroad track and to provide a movable car or object which may be automatically set to deliver coal to cars moving in opposite directions.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel form of conveyer for receiving coal from cars upon a side track and delivering the same at a point above the movable car or object wherein coal is to be de osited.

Other objects and advantages wil be aparent as the nature of the invention is better set forth,

and it will be understood that changes within the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention. p

' In the drawings, forming a portion of this specification and in which like characters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views :Figure 1 is a side view of the loading device constructed over a railroad track, the device being in position to deliver coal to the tender oi a moving train. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is an end view. Fig. 4 is a detail section taken on the line 4 -4 of Fig. 2. 5 is a detail longitudinal section showing the manner of holding the car at one end of the device, the same being in a position to be released by'a moving car. Fig. 6 is a detail side view of the lower portion of the coal car. Fig. 7 is apers ective view oi ding the gates Fig. 8 is a detail section through the locomotive cab of trip levers.

showing the arrangement Referring now more particularly to the drawings, there is shown a loading device 1 comprising vertically spaced uprights 2 and inner uprights 3, the latter being adapted to straddle the main rails A of a track. The uprights 2 and 3 are connected to each other at their upper ends by longitudinally extending'beams 4 and cross beams 5. The said uprights are suitably braced by means of diagonally disposed bars 6, but it will of course be understood that the said uprights may be otherwise suitably braced to provide a rigid, strong and durable structure. The uprights 2 and 3' at the sides of the track A are provided with members 7 disposed in parallel relation to each other and support transversely extending bars 8 which have portions extending inwardly of the uprights 3 and upon the said inward y extending portions are mounted tracks 9. Bars 10 are located above the bars 8, are secured in a suitable manner to the uprights 2 and 3 and support tracks 11 disposed directly above the tracks 9. The members 7 are curved upwardly at their ends as indicated at 12, and the tracks 9 and 11 are curved upwardly in a like manner as shown at 13 for a purpose to be hereinafter more fully described.

A car or similar movable object is illustrated at 14 and is provided with an open top, as shown. The car 14 is divided by a partition 15 into compartments 16 and 17. The bottom of each compartment is closed by a gate 18 hinged'as shown at 19 so that the said doors may be swung outwardly. The car is provided with axles 20 and 21 which support at their ends wheels 22 to engage the tracks 9 and to move thereon lorigitudinally oi the structure forming the device.

The cars are also provided with axles 23 and 24 disposed directly above the axles 20 and 21 and these axles are also provided at their ends with wheels 25 to engage the tracks 11. From this construction it will be seen that the car may be moved in an effective manner and will resist considerable strain and will be held against displacement during its movement upon the tracks.

At one end, the frame is pro ided with a horizontal axle 26 having a fixed pulley 27 at one of its ends. The axle 26 is provided midway between its end or at any other desired point with an indentation or recess 28 adapted to receive the hooked end 29 of an arm 30 pivotally mounted upon the axle 20 of the car 14. The engagement of the hooked at the other end of the said shaft 44.

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end 29 of the lever 30 thus holds the car at one end of the frame 1.. The pulley 27 has secured thereto one end of a cable or similar flexible element 31 which is guided over a pulley 02 at the lower end of one of the uprights 3 and. has its terminal end secured to a lever 33 pivotally mounted as shown at 34 to the frame 1. The lever 33 preferably opcrates or in other words moves in a guide slot 35 formed in an arcuate member 36.

The construction just described sets forth elements of the device at one end of the frame 1. At the other end of the said frame a shaft 37 is provided which has fixed thereto at one end or any other suitable point a pulley to receive one end of a cable or the like 39, the other end of the said cable being sooured to a lever 40 identical to the lever 33. The shaft 37 is identical with the shaft 26 and is adapted to receive a lever 41 carried by the car 14 but which is disposed at the opposite end from that of the lever 30. It will be seen that the car 14 is thus adapted to be held at either end of the frame 1 for a purpose to presently appear. It may be stated that the levers 33 and 40 are arranged at opposite sides of the track A to be operated by trains coming in opposite directions.

The bottoms of the compartments 16 and 17 are preferably inclined to permit ready discharge of coal. The gate 18 at the bottom of'the compartment 6 is provided adjacent to its outer end with. pins 42 one ofwhich being ada ted to receive a hook 43 at one end of a shaft 44, and the other to receive a hoolgpilf e hook 45 is rovided with a depending lever or arm 46. s will be clearly seen in Fig. 6 of the drawings, the ate 18 of the compart merit 16 is effectively held in a closedposition. The gate 18 for the compartment 17 is identical to the just described gate and is held closed in identically the same manner, but it may be stated that the hook 47 is arranged in line with the lever 46 of the hook 45 and the lever 48 is arranged in line with the hook 43'.

A locomotive is shown at B and has attached thereto a tender C having at one side a vertical arm 49 having an inwardly dirp ritc locomotive B is provided with a lever 51 pivoted asshown at 52 to the interior of the said locomotive and the said lever has connected thereto a suitable flexible element 53 passed throu h the locomotive and connected to a same a horizontal tri e ement 54.

From this construction it wi be seen that when the lever 51 is moved into the dotted position shown in Fig. 8 the trip element 54 will fall by gravity and asosition, as shown in dotted lines in the sai Fig 8 so that it may op erate one or the other of the levers 33 and 40 depending-upon the movement of the locomotive, 1

Approximately at the center of the frame 1 and at the top thereof is shown a suitable inclosure 55 disposed directly above the track A and receives a downwardly inclined. chute 56 of the desired construction. The lower open end of the chute 56 is thus disposed between the uprights 3 as will be clearly seen upon reference to Figs. 3 and 4 of the draw- 111 s.

ll longitudinally extending diagonally disposed conveyer frame is shown at 57 and the said frame, at the Upper end is disposed directly above the chute 56. The frame 57 is provided at its lower end with a roller 58, and at the upper end the said frame is provided with a roller 59. The just described rollers receive an endless conveyer 60 adapted to collect coal from a hopper 61 and'convey the same upwardly to be dischar ed into the chute 56. The shaft for the r0 er 59 is provided with a pulley 62 adapted toreceive a drive belt 63 from a motor 64 incidentally shown in the drawings and which is preferably located in the inclosure 55. To limit the downward swinging movement of the le- 90 vers 30 and 41 1 preferably rovide the said levers with hooked inner end s 65 adapted for co-engagement with stop elements 66 upon the car 14.

In operation of the loading device as has hereinbefore been described the car 14 is moved beneath the chute 56 and coal is deposited into the hopper 61 to be collected by the endless conveyer 60 and carried upwardly to be discharged into the chute and 100 finally delivered to the compartments 16 and 17 of the car. If a sufficient quantity of coal has been delivered to the car 14 the said car is moved to the desired end of the frame 1..

As shown in detail in Fig. 5, the car 14 is at 5 the left hand end of the said frame 1 and the lever 30 is engaged with the axle 26 to hold the car upon the upwardly curved portion 12. Assuming the locomotive B to be trav- 'eling in the'direction of the arrow a in 1 of the drawings, it will be seen that the trip element 54 which has previously been set into an operative position will come in contact with the lever 33 moving the same in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 5 and 5 pulling against the cable 31 which operation will revolve the axle 26 to the extent that the hooked end 29 of the lever 30 becomes disengaged and by the provision of the curved portion 12 it is obvious that the car 14 is free to travel by its own gravity to the position shown in Fi 1 of the drawings. By reason of the fact t at the locomotive is traveli at a faster rate than that of the car 14 it Wi be appreciated when the" said locomotive is in t e position shown in Fig. 1, the car 14 is positioned directly above the tender C and by a means of the fin er 50 upon the arm 49 carried by the tender C it will He understood that the said finger will operate the lever 46 position.

or fireman takes precaution and the trip 54 remains in an ino erative position so that it will not engage tie' levers 33 and 40, which consequently allows the car 14 to remain in-' tact.

The frame 1 is provided at each end with a shaft 67 and each shaft is provided with a pulley 68. A cable 69 is passed over the pulleys and has its terminal ends secured to opposite ends of the car 14. The cable may extend directly through the inclosure and may be operated or controlled by an operator therein. It will thus be seen that the car'14 may be conveniently moved from one end of the frame to the other depending upon the movement of the locomotive to receive coal.

While the device is pz'rrticularly desirable for the described urpose of loading coal it will be understoor that the device may be used for various loading purposes, and I do not desire to limitmyseli in this particular.

I claim:-

1. A loading device oi the class specified comprising a car, a track for supporting said car ada ted to permit the same to travel thereon y gravity, axles at the ends of said track, means upon the car for engaging said axles to hold the car against movement, and locomotive actuated levers connected with the axles so that they can be operated to disengage said means therefrom and permit the car to move by gravity into an operative A loading device of the class speciiiml comprising a car, a track for supporting said car, locomotive actuated axles, means carried by the car for locking engagement with said axles to hold the car against movement, said track having curved end portions adjacent to said axles so that when said means are disengaged from the axles the car will move by gravity into its operative position, and locomotive actuated means for releasing the contents of said car when the latter is in its operative position.

3. A loading device of the class described com )rising a track, a car mounted upon said tl'llCl i, said track having upwardly curved end portions, revoluble axles at the ends of said track, means carried by the ear for looking engagement with said axles, locomotive actuated levers connected with said axles and adapted to revolve the same to disengage the said means therefrom and permit the car to move downwardly by gravity upon said curved portions, means for releasing the contents or the car when the latter is in its operative position, and means for moving said car into its inoperative position after the discharge of its contents.

4. A loading device of the class specified eom )rising a track, a car movable upon the tracl', locomotive actuated axles, levers upon the car having means for locking engagement with the axles to hold the car against movement normally, swinging gates at the bottom ol the car, means for normally engaging the gates to hold them in their closed positions, a chute disposed above the track, and a coal conveyer adapted to deliver coal to the chute and discharge the same into the car when the latter is in its discharge position. i

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

TAYLOR FRED SUMMERS.

.1. L. W. KEELE, 

